T. and T. Vicars
of Wheatsheaf Foundry and 29 Seel Street, Liverpool (same premises?) until 1887.
of Earlestown, Newton-le-Willows, Lancs (1914).
Makers of biscuit and bread-making machinery and ovens, and mechanical stokers.
1849 Company established by Thomas and Thomas Vicars, who were cousins, identified as the elder and the younger.
1867 Opened a factory in Earlstown.
1887 Works in Liverpool closed.
1893 Supplied mechanical stokers for Derby Electric Light Station[1]
1914 Engineers. Specialities: biscuit machinery, mechanical stokers. Employees 300. [2]
1960 Acquired by Simon Engineering
1961 Activities organised in 2 separate companies: Simon-Vicars Ltd and Simon-Waldron Ltd
Over the next 24 years, Vicars advanced their technological edge further, significantly improving dough consistency and speeding up the mixing process. The patented Weighmix system enabled ingredients to be weighed extremely accurately within the mixer itself. The patented Vertical Cut Laminator was introduced in 1970.
1985 Acquired by Thomas Robinson Group
1991 The Bakery Business Area was formed; this comprised many well-known and respected British company names, including Spooner, Vicars, Asser, Oakes, Jahn, and Klimatank. This combined expertise enables the business to produce equipment for the biscuit, bread, cake, pie, pizza, quiche, and snack industries.
1992 This Group became a part of SASIB SpA and was fully integrated with four other prominent names, those of G P A Orlandi of Verona, Italy; Meincke of Copenhagen, Denmark; Ricciarelli of Schio, Italy and SPS of Navaro Italy, thus forming the Biscuit & Snack division of SASIB Food & Beverage machinery, to serve all the needs of the industry.
Now called Spooner Vicars, owned by Middleby Food Group (USA). Company history webpage here.
- See here for a good overview of the company's history.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1893/10/13
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book